I didn't mention repeaters, as I assumed that most people here will just want a couple of handhelds radios for point to point comms.
Hence mentioning hthe option of having someone on a bit of high ground, with the recovery vehicle, to act as a repeater and manually relay messages.
Repeators are indeed licencable in the UK. You would need to have licenced channels an register the repetors location. So would only really be useable for a fixed location, such as an estate.
But the cost of this is going to be well above a couple of handheld's on a business light licence. I recall the licence is £75 per channel pair per year. And there was a minimum of £150, last time I had them. And a repeater is going to be a significant cost.
But a repeater would dramatically increase the range.
